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Hey guys,
I'm sure no one really wants to talk about this topic, and much is speculation at this point. But . . . I just ended up in a big argument with my mom over this issue. She says that next year is likely to be the big epidemic, and thus she doesn't want me going to a medical school where first year students have any clinical exposure. She said that first year students are expendible, and if the clinics turn into a "war zone" with thousands dying, medical schools will just send us out there to die. She said that they have already spent money training older students, but they won't hesitate to "just leave us out there." (whatever that means) She started equating hospitals to war zones, saying some people are expendible, like med students and nurses. WHAT?!?!? So basically, I shouldn't go into the clinic or shadow a doc because I am going to get coughed on, and catch bird flu, and die. An the medical school will not care.
This made me furious! She wants me to go to a school with no clinical exposure for first year students. Is there even such a place? Maybe, and I am sure they are fine schools . . . but I have worked so hard for this. I want to choose the best school I can go to, not the school with the least clinical exposure. Grrrr. She made me so mad. I think that she is really over-reacting. Anyway, first year students really can't treat patients. If there is some sort of crazy pandemic, what could it do for medical schools to send in a bunch or clueless first years? I don't think schools have any reason to use us as cannon fodder.
Does anyone else think that she is wrong about this?
I really hadn't even thought about it, and I don't think I will consider the flu issue when choosing a school. I mean, if this pandemic never occurs and I go to a not so great school, I'm stuck with that for the rest of my life. But she just started crying and talking about how I am so proud about medical school that I am willing to sacrifice my life. Well maybe I am.
Any thoughts?
I'm sure no one really wants to talk about this topic, and much is speculation at this point. But . . . I just ended up in a big argument with my mom over this issue. She says that next year is likely to be the big epidemic, and thus she doesn't want me going to a medical school where first year students have any clinical exposure. She said that first year students are expendible, and if the clinics turn into a "war zone" with thousands dying, medical schools will just send us out there to die. She said that they have already spent money training older students, but they won't hesitate to "just leave us out there." (whatever that means) She started equating hospitals to war zones, saying some people are expendible, like med students and nurses. WHAT?!?!? So basically, I shouldn't go into the clinic or shadow a doc because I am going to get coughed on, and catch bird flu, and die. An the medical school will not care.
This made me furious! She wants me to go to a school with no clinical exposure for first year students. Is there even such a place? Maybe, and I am sure they are fine schools . . . but I have worked so hard for this. I want to choose the best school I can go to, not the school with the least clinical exposure. Grrrr. She made me so mad. I think that she is really over-reacting. Anyway, first year students really can't treat patients. If there is some sort of crazy pandemic, what could it do for medical schools to send in a bunch or clueless first years? I don't think schools have any reason to use us as cannon fodder.
Does anyone else think that she is wrong about this?
I really hadn't even thought about it, and I don't think I will consider the flu issue when choosing a school. I mean, if this pandemic never occurs and I go to a not so great school, I'm stuck with that for the rest of my life. But she just started crying and talking about how I am so proud about medical school that I am willing to sacrifice my life. Well maybe I am.
Any thoughts?